Personal Details Name: Mr Schalk Willem van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 89610 Camp History Name: Bethulie RC Age arrival: 33 Date arrival: 02/08/1901 Date departure: 14/07/1902 Reason departure: returned home Destination: farm Name: Bloemfontein RC Date departure: 2/8/1901 Farm History Name: Kromdraai District: Fauresmith Status Type: Oath of Neutrality Notes: May 1900 Faurdsmith Relationships Mr Schalk Willem van der Merwe       is the husband of Mrs Susannah Hendrika Gerbrecht van der Merwe       is the father of Master Schalk Willem van der Merwe       is the father of Master Hendrik Christian van der Merwe (Hendrik Christina)       is the father of Miss Susannah Hester Gertruida van der Merwe       is the father of Master Petrus Arnoldus van der Merwe       is the father of Miss Rachel Catrina van der Merwe       is the adoptive father of Miss Christina Kotze       is the adoptive father of Master Hendrik Christian Kotze Sources Title: SRC 74 Bethulie CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 74 Notes: 21

Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.